Production Supervisor

Daventry, England, United Kingdom

12/10/2024

At STERIS, we help our Customers create a healthier and safer world by providing innovative healthcare and life science product and service solutions around the globe.

About You

HOW YOU WILL MAKE DIFFERENCE

Do you want to spend your working time making a difference in the world around you? Are you passionate about supporting the medical and pharmaceutical industries? Do you care about keeping patients and people safe? If so, then a career with Steris AST could be a great fit for you.

About Us

At Steris AST we are the trusted experts in neutral sterilization offering includes radiation and gas technologies.

We offer electron beam, gamma, X-ray, ethylene oxide and vaporized hydrogen peroxide technologies for the purpose of product sterilization. Whether that product be a single use medical instrument, a hospital environment, cosmetics and toiletries, or food products, we make sure that everything that makes its way to an end user is safe for use or consumption.

We are currently recruiting for a Night shift Production Supervisor vacancy. This is an excellent opportunity to join the business at a skilled professional level.

Working hours: 4 on - 4 off, 20:00-08:00

What Is Involved

Safety

• Daily inspection of site physical conditions
• To ensure strict adherence to site security standards ensuring the plant alarm is activated each week.
• To ensure all PPE standards are maintained and available to team members
• To be a lead member in all plant risk assessments and educate people on associated risks
• To drive and monitor 5’s standards throughout the site.
• Ensure 5s+1 audit action are completed in line with due dates and escalated where required.
  
  

Quality

• To ensure products with deviations are reported, quarantined and clearly identified and investigated
• To ensure all calibration checks have been performed
• To ensure site Quality standards are maintained and continually improved.
• Perform daily GMP documentation spot checks
• To perform quality investigations on non-conformances, including Human error, 5 Why, 8 Steps, etc.
  
  

Cost

• To ensure all plant downtime is reviewed and monitored with suggestions for improvements highlighted, through data analysis tacking
• To escalate any operational related downtime that is more than 1hr.
• Manage consumable stock process, including replenishment to ensure monthly stock takes are conducted and stock levels maintained.
  
  

Delivery

• To ensure all processing of products is in line with customers expectations and meets all processing
• To ensure all products are clearly segregated and storage requirements are maintained.
• To conduct weekly stock takes, highlighting products that have been processed but not shipped.
• Ensure booking in of customers products is performed within a timely manner to ensure adherence to local targets
  
  

KPIs

• To oversee SQDC counter measures ensuring target dates are reported
• To monitor and communicate schedule adherence
• Oversee continuous improvement initiatives/activities within the department
• Oversee & drive 5S audit action program
• Participate in site kaizen activities, gemba walks and continuous improvement tasks for the site
  
  

On-Call

• Working hours will be agreed locally and align with the operational requirements of the business.
• May be required to support on-call duties agreed as part of local site operational requirements.
• Will be required to support off-site meetings within the UK
• May be required to support off-site meetings outside the UK
  
  

People/Culture

• Motivate and develop a team that can cover all required tasks, ensuring standards are maintained and overtime kept to a minimum, where possible
• Create Individual employee development plans, provide coaching, and training
• Complete Performance Management- annual goal setting & reviews (GPS), Supervise disciplinary actions
• To complete Labour forecasting, planning, interview/selection, temporary staffing, & Overtime
• To help create and maintain a proactive culture where team members are empowered to deliver the company values of TEAMWORK, PEOPLE, INNOVATION, INTEGRITY and ACCOUNTABILITY.
• To drive the culture of OTOG through site team building days/days out.
• To ensure performance related reviews are formalised and escalated where appropriate.
• To ensure all return to work and ARM reviews are fully completed within 4hrs of start of shift.
• To schedule, record and appraise each team member at least once per year, setting localised objectives
• To assist in both succession planning and continuous improvement.
• To ensure all break times are monitored and associates welfare is being met
• Supervise the day to day resource plan, monitoring holidays and sickness in line with local performance targets, ensuring adequate processing cover always.
• To carry out any reasonable management requests
  
  

Required Experience

• At least three (3) years previous experience in successfully supervising operational staff is required
• Experience in similar operational role in a operationally based business (production unit or plant).
• Demonstratable experience in leading teams within a manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in coaching, training and mentoring employees.
• Performance improvement experience and operational KPIs
• Technical aptitude and knowledge of continuous process improvement techniques in a continuous improvement environment.
• Qualification in a technical / supervisory discipline an advantage.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong organizational, verbal and written communication skills with energy and charisma.
• Proficient with MS Office suite.
  
  

Equal Opportunities

STERIS plc provides employment and advancement opportunities without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion/belief, sex (gender), sexual orientation or any other legally protected characteristic as defined by employment law. The Company bases all employment decisions on merit, qualifications, skills, and abilities with the intention that the best candidate is selected for each position.

STERIS is a leading global provider of products and services that support patient care with an emphasis on infection prevention. WE HELP OUR CUSTOMERS CREATE A HEALTHIER AND SAFER WORLD by providing innovative healthcare, life sciences and dental products and services. STERIS is a $5 billion, publicly traded (NYSE: STE) company with approximately 17,000 associates and Customers in more than 100 countries.

STERIS strives to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.